Davkaus Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Can't even call it monkeypox these days 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted November 28, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 28, 2022 8 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Can't even call it monkeypox these days Apparently it’s from the belowaverageheightpox family of poxes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 28, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 28, 2022 I've been called a racist on FB twice in the last week. Once because I said I can't stand hip hop. And once because I suggested to an African guy that he should support a local team rather than Manchester United. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Seat68 Posted November 29, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted November 29, 2022 8 hours ago, mjmooney said: I've been called a racist on FB twice in the last week. Once because I said I can't stand hip hop. And once because I suggested to an African guy that he should support a local team rather than Manchester United. In all fairness I think your actual quote was I don’t like darkie music like hip hop. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Seat68 said: In all fairness I think your actual quote was I don’t like darkie music like hip hop. Seriously, it does piss me off that my dislike of contemporary black pop music is assumed to be racist. I'll happily confess that it's an age thing - there's plenty of contemporary 'white' music I dislike too! And I did point out that my record collection is stuffed with black music from earlier eras - jazz, soul, blues, etc. But apparently that was just the same as saying 'some of my friends are black'. Ho hum. Edited November 29, 2022 by mjmooney 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 29, 2022 Moderator Share Posted November 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Seriously, it does piss me off that my dislike of contemporary black pop music is assumed to be racist. I'll happily confess that it's an age thing - there's plenty of contemporary 'white' music I dislike too! And I did point out that my record collection is stuffed with black music from earlier eras - jazz, soul, blues, etc. But apparently that was just the same as saying 'some of my friends are black'. Ho hum. You are lucky that cultural appropriation wasn't brought into play 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 9 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Seriously, it does piss me off that my dislike of contemporary black pop music is assumed to be racist. I'll happily confess that it's an age thing - there's plenty of contemporary 'white' music I dislike too! And I did point out that my record collection is stuffed with black music from earlier eras - jazz, soul, blues, etc. But apparently that was just the same as saying 'some of my friends are black'. Ho hum. I have had it to Mike for a similar dislike of reggae. I don’t see the correlation in all honesty of not being into a genre and it being racist. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Seat68 said: I have had it to Mike for a similar dislike of reggae. I don’t see the correlation in all honesty of not being into a genre and it being racist. You should both pretend to like hip-hop and reggae so that you don’t appear racist, makes much more sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Being racist for not liking hip hop or reggae , is something else to add to my "stop the world I want to get off" list whatever next , being called racist because you don't like Jamaican jerk sauce 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Calling people racist is a political weapon and all such weapons are allowed to the oppressed minority, when challenging the dominance of the white patriarchy. Perhaps Lenny Bruce will be proved right when he claimed that overuse of racial slurs, will ultimately reduce their power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 I think some people with a particularly black and white (uh-oh) view of the world assume that because racists don't like all black culture, anyone that doesn't like any subset of black culture is a racist, in the same way that all mammals are cats. People are thick, that's the root cause of so many of our problems. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 What if somebody refuses to even give other genres a chance ? I know someone who won’t listen to anything but Indian music. He doesn’t even try and if we put it on says turn that shit off straight away. Is that racist or just ignorant ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 It is interesting that music is still so divided among demographics while other media isn't. You don't see similar divisions for films, TV, books, but for music it very much is a thing. I posted earlier in the year about how shocked I was at Download to realise I maybe saw a dozen attendees that weren't white. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 5 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Is that racist or just ignorant ? If it's merely a matter of taste? No problem. If it's down to association, that might be a problem? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2022 43 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: whatever next , being called racist because you don't like Jamaican jerk sauce Well, I famously don't like curry, so I'm damned every which way. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted November 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2022 New census data is out. I wonder how the daily mail is reporting it on their front page? Do I have to add a link? Here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted November 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2022 8 minutes ago, Anthony said: New census data is out. I wonder how the daily mail is reporting it on their front page? Do I have to add a link? Here. i dare not venture into the comments section. i'm sure it's enraged a number of readers, who i have no doubt are all regular church goers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 (edited) They know exactly what semantic trick they're pulling with the phrasing of "fewer people describe themselves as white" Edited November 29, 2022 by Davkaus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted November 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2022 "Well, goodbye London, goodbye England. It was lovely to have known you back in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Now gone for ever..." I don't know why I looked...over 1000 likes this got 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 29, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Davkaus said: They know exactly what semantic trick they're pulling with the phrasing of "fewer people describe themselves as white" Bit like the story I saw on Facebook the other day. MOst popular baby name in 2022 was Mohammed. "ThAt MeAnS tHeRe'S mOrE mUzLiMz BeInG bOrN tHaN wHiTeS!!1!" No it doesn't you thick shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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